1991 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 1991 season was the 89th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 71-91 finishing 20 games behind of the Toronto Blue Jays. New York was managed by Stump Merrill. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

• October 5, 1990: Wayne Tolleson was released by the New York Yankees.^[1]
• November 19, 1990: Tim Leary was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[2]
• December 3, 1990: Frank Seminara was drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Yankees in the 1990 rule 5 draft.^[3]
• December 31, 1990: Scott Sanderson was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Oakland Athletics.^[4]
• January 13, 1991: Rick Cerone was released by the New York Yankees.^[5]
• March 19, 1991: Torey Lovullo was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Mark Leiter.^[6]

Regular season

• Steve Sax led the Yankees with a .304 batting average, 198 hits, 85 runs, and 38 doubles.
• April 11, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 RBI in a game versus the Detroit Tigers.
• June 23, 1991 – Roberto Kelly had 5 hits in a game versus the eventual World Champion Minnesota Twins.

Season standings

Notable transactions

• April 1, 1991: Steve Balboni was released by the New York Yankees.^[7]
• April 5, 1991: Scott Lusader was selected off waivers by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers.^[8]
• May 9, 1991: Andy Hawkins was released by the New York Yankees.^[9]
• May 17, 1991: Mike Blowers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and cash. The Seattle Mariners sent Jim Blueberg (minors) (June 22, 1991) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.^[10]
• May 25, 1991: Andy Pettite was Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.^[11]

Draft Picks

• With the first overall pick in the MLB draft, the New York Yankees selected Brien Taylor. He was a Left Handed Pitcher from Beaufort, North Carolina who competed at East Carteret High School.^[12]

• • Notable Draft Picks

^[12]

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Columbus, Albany-Colonie^[13]

References

1. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tollewa01.shtml
2. ^ Tim Leary Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
3. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/seminfr01.shtml
4. ^ Scott Sanderson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
5. ^ Rick Cerone Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lovulto01.shtml
7. ^ Steve Balboni Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
8. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lusadsc01.shtml
9. ^ Andy Hawkins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
10. ^ Mike Blowers Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
11. ^ Andy Pettitte Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
12. ^ ^{a b} Baseball Draft: 1991 Yankees Picks in the June Draft - Baseball-Reference.com
13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1991 New York Yankees
• 1991 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com